hey. it's been a while. how are you? how's the family? did you eat today? are you staying safe? the last time i was on this site, things weren't going so well for me. i was living in a toxic household, dealing with an ex who left me for one of his co-workers and working at a job where nobody cared about anything or anyone. i was extremely depressed and had multiple thoughts about ending it all and doing something drastic. to be completely honest, i wasn't sure i was going to be where i am today. the last time i posted, i was still living with my mother and stepdad who made my life a personal living hell, making our house a toxic environment for me. i didn't have a lot of friends, so i normally just stayed inside most of the time i wasn't working and played a bunch of video games. this resulted in constant yelling and scolding from my mother and stepdad to get out of the house and do something, as well as checking the hood of my car to see if it was warm from me driving and